William coleman



c. s. TAYLOR.

I-NGE FOR SILO BOOKS.

' APPLICATlON FILED APRIT, 1915 Patented Aug. 1, 1916,

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.Application filed April 17, 1915.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that lf, CHARLES S. TAYLOR, acitizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city ofMount Vernon, in the county of Skagit and the vState of lVashington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Silo-Doors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to silo doors and consists of an improvedconstruction of the hinged supporting and controlling members.

The object of my invention is to provide a hinge for silo doors whichwill permit the door being moved bodily inward and then swung aboutagainst the inner face of the silo wall alongside the door opening.

rhe scope of my invention will be defined by the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings l have shown my invention in the form whichis preferred by me.

Figure l is an exterior face view of the door in closed position. Fig. 2is a transverse sectional elevation and Fig. 3 a sectional plan of thedoor in its open position.

rlhe door opening is preferably outlined by frame 2 of iron, the innerfaces of which may be made smooth and true. l provide two hinges bywhich the door is supported at one vertical edge. Each of these hingesis a double hinge,`that-is consists of two leaves 30 and 3l, hingedtogether by a pin 33. One of these leaves, as 30, swings upon a pin 32which is supported from the j amb or door casing. rlhe other end of theother leaf 31, engages pin 34 which connects it with the outer face ofthe door l, adjacent one edge of the door. ylhe leaf 36 with which thecorresponding end of the other swinging leaf 30 ispivoted is secured tothe outer part of the door casing.

"With each of the hinges as above described a controlling member 5 isemployed. rlhis consists of a link which is pivoted by one end upon thepin 34 and its other end is fXedly pivoted, as at 50, to the door casingpreliminary Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.. t, i916.

Serial No. 21,946.

the door, as is shown in Fig. l. To open the n door it is pushed inward,the leaves 30 and 3l of the hinges swinging into a position illustratedin Figs. 2 and 3. In this position, the door may be swung upon thehinged pivots 311-, into fully open position. To facilitate handling`the door it may be provided with rings or hand holds, as 6.

By the above expedient the hinges may be kept entirely upon the outersurface of the door and casing, leaving the edges of the door and theinner faces of the casing, free of all attachments. Also the angle ofinclination of these edge surfaces may be kept small so as to insure athoroughly tight joint, while permitting a preliminary inner movement ofthe door bodilyl before the swinging action commences.`

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A hinge support for silo doors com prising two members hinged to eachother at one end, and at their other end respectively to a door jamb andto the corresponding door edge, and a third member having hingedconnection with the same edge of the door and with a distant fixed pointlocated toward the opposite side of the door opening.l

2. A hinge support for silo doors comprising two hinged leaves pivotedto each other and respectively upon the door jamb and upon the door faceadjacent the corresponding edge of the door, and a third mem` ber havinga hinged connection of one end common with the hinged connection of theother member with the door and a xed pivot support for its opposite endadjacent the opposite door jamb.

3. A hinged support for silo doors comprising a bar pivoted to the doorjamb ad- `iacent one edge of the door and extending Signed at MountVernon, aShington, across the door opening, the door being this 8th dayof April 1915.

pivoted to swin upon the other or free end w L f of said bar andansupport for the same side (JHRLES S TAX LOB" of the door permitting` alimited movement Vitnesses: of this Side of the door inward away fromVILLIAM COLEMAN, the casing. JAMES M. BOWERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C.

